SHELDON FINE ART
Maureen Golgata
Maureen Golgata is a Massachusetts native whose desire to become an artist was realized at an early age. By 12 she was admitted into Danforth Museum of Art's adult human anatomy and life drawing classes where in the studio she rendered the nude extensively using numerous mediums and techniques.
She received her BA in studio art from Framingham State University and continued her studies at The Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC where she further explored a more complex use of paint and design. Maureen became significantly influenced by modern art especially that of surrealism and expressionism. She was most intrigued with rendering directly and honestly her emotional response to the human condition. This became the focus of her subject matter for many years. These works were executed in mixed media on both canvas and paper and incorporated bold color with exaggerated and distorted form to convey her interpretation of the battle between society and the individual.As time passed rather than creating art from within Maureen became interested in creating art from the external visual world. She spent
3 inspirational years studying with master painter Paul Ingbretson. At the Ingbretson Atelier in Manchester New Hampshire she worked in north light from dawn to dusk studying the arduous and time honored tradition of the Boston School Painters. This school of painters, whose roots date back to Gerome at Atelier des Beax Arts in 19th century Paris combine academic drawing and composition with the color and light of the French Impressionist painters.
